Accounting Challenges for Semi-Autonomous Revenue Agencies (SARAs) in Developing Countries / prepared by Seth E. Terkper.

The paper discusses the improvements which a semi-autonomous revenue agency (SARA) must make to its records to meet fiscal and financial accounting obligations. SARAs are legal entities, such as a service or a department, which are required to prepare accrual records that may diverge from a treasury...

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Main Author: Terkper, Seth E. (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
©2008
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/08/116.
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Summary:The paper discusses the improvements which a semi-autonomous revenue agency (SARA) must make to its records to meet fiscal and financial accounting obligations. SARAs are legal entities, such as a service or a department, which are required to prepare accrual records that may diverge from a treasury's cash accounting records. Their records reflect revenues generated; budget funds for generating the revenues; and material programs administered for other agencies. The accounting records and financial statements (income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement) must conform to generally-accepted accounting principles (GAAPs) or standards such as the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)-and to the treatment of operating, investment and financing activities in the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) Manual.
Item Description:Available in PDF, ePUB, and Mobi formats on the Internet.
Physical Description:1 online resource (26 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:145191430X
9781451914306
1282840703
9781282840706
1451869762
9781451869767